By Months: Margit Sutrop
Total Months: 16
Fully Profiled: 16
10.2025
4 Speeches
The legislative focus is on reviewing and criticizing the state budget and the State Budget Strategy (RES), particularly concerning the financing of higher education for the years 2025–2027. The priority is to ensure the continued growth of funding and prevent the 2027 cuts, which would trigger debates about tuition fees.
06.2025
10 Speeches
The primary legislative priorities include the TAIKS draft bill (covering research ethics, funding, and cross-ministerial coordination) and the draft bill concerning end-of-life declarations for patients (focusing on the enforcement of patient rights). [The subject] is an active proponent and the rapporteur for the leading committee, concentrating efforts on the adoption and final voting of these legislative proposals. The matter of establishing a judicial residency program is also being raised.
05.2025
3 Speeches
The legislative focus is aimed at clarifying the rationale behind amendments to existing laws and reducing bureaucracy. Furthermore, strategic issues concerning judicial reform and the funding of higher education are also under scrutiny, areas where the speaker tends to be more of a supporter and a questioner of specific details.
04.2025
7 Speeches
The main legislative priority is the draft bill concerning patient advance directives (or end-of-life declarations), in the initiation and long preparation process of which he/she has been an active participant and supporter. He/She is also working on amendments to the tax law regarding the payment of taxes on non-existent assets, and is inquiring about the Ministry of Culture's strategy for regulating artificial intelligence.
03.2025
4 Speeches
The main legislative priority is the draft Law on the Organization of Research, Development, and Innovation (TAIKS), for which amendments have been proposed and hearings are currently being held. Furthermore, the need to amend the anti-corruption law is emphasized to enable public universities to better commercialize the results of their research and development activities.
02.2025
9 Speeches
The main legislative focus is the draft Law on the Organization of Research and Development and Innovation (TAIKS), where the speaker acts as a representative of the steering committee. The objective is to ensure that research ethics are regulated at the statutory level, increase the autonomy of research institutions, and protect the allocation of research grants from political interference.
01.2025
4 Speeches
The legislative focus is currently on the draft Act amending the Act on the Estonian Academy of Sciences, the goal of which is to modernize the existing law and increase the academy's autonomy. The speaker is a proponent and the rapporteur for the bill, successfully guiding the process toward the conclusion of the second reading and the final vote on January 29, 2025.
12.2024
21 Speeches
The key legislative priority is the passing of the draft Early Childhood Education Act, which aims to establish a unified legal basis for providing early childhood education and integrating childcare services into the education system. The speaker is the rapporteur for the leading committee (the Culture Committee), who is responsible for successfully concluding the second and third readings of the bill in December 2024.
11.2024
13 Speeches
The main legislative priorities are modernizing the Estonian Academy of Sciences Act, granting the academy greater autonomy, and amending the Education Act to extend compulsory education until the age of 18. He/She is a strong proponent and rapporteur for these bills, and also supports restricting voting rights for citizens of aggressor states.
09.2024
2 Speeches
The primary legislative focus is on the education sector, supporting the adoption of legislation regulating micro-credentials. A key priority is ensuring the clarity and validity of the law concerning degrees already issued, in order to prevent uncertainty in the labor market.
06.2024
2 Speeches
The primary legislative focus is on controlling the execution of the state budget and R&D (TAI) allocations, requiring explanations from the Ministry of Finance regarding the decrease in the budget volume. Furthermore, work is being done on the analysis of diplomatic statements and the operational capabilities of the ambassador within the context of foreign policy.
05.2024
9 Speeches
The main legislative priority is the draft law on early childhood education, which aims to standardize the quality of childcare and kindergarten services and regulate the obligations of local municipalities. It also supports the draft bill to increase the teachers' salary fund and the abolition of the tax hump initiated by the Reform Party.
04.2024
7 Speeches
The legislative focus is on the education sector, particularly concerning the reorganization of the school network, the funding of small schools, and the settlement of operating costs for private schools (Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act, Private Schools Act). He/She is active as a critical assessor of initiatives and a committee rapporteur, also addressing value questions related to language policy and the establishment of nuclear energy.
03.2024
6 Speeches
The speaker primarily acts as a questioner and problem-highlighter, calling for political solutions to boost the education and healthcare workforce. The legislative focus is centered on allocating resources and tackling strategic issues (energy stabilization, budgets for constitutional institutions).
02.2024
10 Speeches
The main legislative activity is related to the organization of higher education and science, where he/she is in the role of the respondent, proposing on behalf of the leading committee to reject the EKRE draft bills (amendments to the Higher Education Act and TAIKS amendments). He/She emphasizes the need for a new TAIKS that would regulate research ethics and the definition of national sciences.
01.2024
7 Speeches
The main legislative priority is the adoption of the new Law on the Organization of Research, Development, and Innovation (TAIKS). This law is intended to streamline the network of research institutions and resolve the issue of the national organization of ethics committees. In education, the focus is on curriculum reform and establishing a career model for teachers.